Rotary washing machine



Sept. 13, 1927.

A. M NAUGHTON ROTARY WASHING MACHINE Filed Aug- -6. 1926 Inveninr AfiMcNaughzm Patented Sept 13, 1927.

ALLAN FRASER MONAUGHTON, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

ROTARY WASHING MACHINE.

Application filed August 6, 1926. Serial No. 127,671.

My invention relates to improvements in rotary washing machines, and the object of the invention is-to devise in a type of machine comprising an outer stationary water receptacle and an inner revolving clothes container which is adapted to revolve normally above the level of the water contained in the water receptacle, means for picking up the water as the container revolves and lo circulating itlupward and outward around the outer periphery of the clothes container so that it may be then directed inward over the top of the clothes container to pass thereinto through the open centre thereof so as to return into the water receptacle through the perforated walls of the clothes container, and it consists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Fig. 1 is a sectional view through my washing machine.

Fig. 2 is a plan view.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective detail of the Water pickup means.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figupe.

1 indicates an outer water receptacle WlllCh is stationary and preferably mounted upon a standard 2. 3 is a central tubular bearing stud mounted centrally in the water'receptacle and forming'a vertical bearing for the operating shaft 4. 5 is an annular member which is angular in cross section and rests upon abead 5 formed on the inner face of the water receptacle. 6 are curved channels which are secured to the member 5 and extend inwardly over the top of the clothes container hereinafter described adjacent to the open centre thereof.

It will be noted that the shaft 4 extends above the tubular bearing sleeve 3. 7 is a clothescontainer provided with a cylindrical central portion 8 open at the bottom and closed at the top, such closed top being provided with an orifice 9 through which the upwardly projecting end of the shaft 4 extends so as to be secured therein by any suitable means. The outer wall of the clothes container 7 is perforated as indicated at 10.

It will thus be seen that the clothes container is normally revolved above the level of the water in the water receptacle 1, such water level being indicated by the dotted line 11;

I will now describe the means by which as the clothes container is revolved the water located .beneath such clothes container is picked up and circulated upward around the exterior periphery of the clothes container.

12 are a plurality of blades depending from the bottom of the container 7 and set substantially radial and hingedly connected at their upper ends as indicated at 13 to the bottom of the container 7.

' through which the upper extension 16 of the pull rod- 15 extends, the eyed upper end 18 being sufiiciently large to bear against the sides of the slot to prevent it passing therethrough. V

During the operation of washing the blades 12 are located in the position indicated in the drawing, the device revolving inthe' direction of arrow see Figure 3, the lower ends of the blades engaging the body of water in the container 1 so as to pick it up and force it in an upward direction so as to pass between the exterior wall of the clothes container 7 and the interior face of the wall of the rec ptacle. As the Water is forced upward it is received by the channels 6 which direct it inward so as to discharge it through the open centre of the clothes container top, such water then passing through the body of clothesand then passing outward by centrifugal force through the perforations 10 and again upward to re-engage with the channel 6 there by providing a continuous circulation of water through the clothes, a very small portion of the body of water remaining in the bottom of the receptacle 1.

When it is desired to dry the clothes the machine is stopped to permit the water to $111k to its normal level. When this has taken place the finger of the operator is engaged in the eye 18 and the pull rod 15 pu led upward until' the portion 17 has passed through the slot 20, the upper extension 16 then being. allowed to fall back-v ward against and over the end of the slot, its weight servin to hold the pull rod 15 and blade 12 in t eir upward position with the blade 12 clear of the water 11. The clothes container is then again revolved, the water being expressed out of the clothes by centrifugal action, such water passing t roughthe perforations 10 and flowing back into the body of water 11.

It will of course be understood that during the drying operation the channel 6 and angle member 5 are lifted out of the water receptacle so as to prevent the circulation of the suds which of course after the washing operation are considerably above the top of the clothes container and would necessarily engage with. the channels to be recirculated into the clothes container during the revolving thereof.

From this description it will be seen that I have devised a very simple device in the type of washing machine disclosed in which means are provided where the clothes container revolves above the water level for picking up the water and circulating it through the outside of the clothes container and through the body of clothes as above described,

What I claim as my invention is:

1, A washing machine comprising an outer stationary Water receptacle, an inner revolving container having a peripheral outlet and adapted to revolve above the level of the water contained in the water receptacle, means mounted to revolve in unison. with the clothes container and adapted to force the water in the receptacle outward against the inner surface of the wall thereof to pass upward, means adjacent the upper edge of the container for directing the up- Wardly passing water inward into the container, and means for adjusting the water receptacle, blades carried by the clothes container and set in a substantially radial position, and means for adjusting the blades so as to extend-either into the body of water as the container revolves or travel above the water level. I

8. A Washing machine comprising an outer stationary Water receptacle, an inner revolving container having a perforated outer Wall and adapted to revolve above the level ofthe water contained in the water receptacle hinged blades carried by the clothes container and-set in a substantially radial position, and means for adjusting the blades from a substantially vertical position to a substantially horizontal position,

4. A washing machine comprising an outer stationary water receptacle, an inner revolving container having a perforated outer wall and adapted to revolve above the level of the water' contained in the water receptacle, hinged blades carried 'by the clothes container and set in a substantially radial position, a pull rod connected to the free end of the blades, and a bracket carried by the container through which the upper end of the pull rod passes, and means for engaging the pull rod by the bracket either in its upper or lower position to hold the blades either vertical or horizontal.

5. A washing machine comprising an outer stationary water receptacle, an inner revolving container having a peripheral outlet and adapted to revolve above the level of the water contained in the receptacle, blades carried by the clothes container and adapt ed to force the water in the receptacle outward against the inner surface of the wall of such receptacle to pass upward over such surface, means adjacent the upper edge of the container for directing the upwardly passing water inward into the container, and means for adjusting the blades so as to extend either into the body of water as the container revolves or to travel above the water level clear of such water.

ALLAN FRASER MGNATJGHTQN. 

